Former freeway toll collectors filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Labor for failing to provide the full settlement payment as promised. On Dec. 19, the court rejected their appeal. The Self-help organization of these freeway toll collectors were very disappointed with the decision and said they will fight to the bitter end.


Several former freeway toll collectors threw eggs at the Taipei High Administrative Court. In 2017, the Self-help organization filed an administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Labor because they had only received less than 70 percent of the settlement money from the ministry. On December 19, the court ruled against their appeal.

The subsidy turned out to be about 60 percent to 70 percent of what was promised, and some of us didn't receive any allowance at all. This is totally different from the agreement we signed earlier, and it also excluded some of us from the program. This forces us to take action and protect the rights of our members.

A total of 60 former toll collectors traveled from southern Taiwan to Taipei, and waited outside the Taipei High Administrative Court for the verdict. However, the ruling was a disappointment for them.

After the so-called national highway closed down, the majority of the toll clerks had to find odd jobs, some even had to recycle garbage to support themselves. Therefore this verdict is very important for many of them.

In 2013, a total of 947 highway toll collectors were fired after Taiwan's implementation of electronic toll collection. Some of the collectors decided to organize a Self-help organization to fight for their rights. At the beginning of 2016, President Tsai promised to set up a special committee to handle the dispute. On August 16 of the same year, Minister without Portfolio Lin Wan-I and former Labor Minister Kuo Fang-yu reached a settlement with the organization. However, the organization later found that those who didn't participate in the protest were also included in the settlement, and that the amount they received was considerably off from what was promised. They have since filed an administrative lawsuit. The court stated, in its ruling, that the agreement announced on Aug. 16, 2013, was not an administrative contract.

After the court announced its ruling, we will earmark the remaining NT$280 million. In other words, we will allocate a total of NT$540 to 550 million (to compensate the toll collectors).

The Ministry of Labor said that they delivered on their promise, as per the agreement, and that they will pay off the remaining NT$280 million. The Self-help organization said they will file an appeal and will stage protests before the presidential election.



朝向法院丟雞蛋，失業的國道收費員不滿政府給予的年資補償，和原先協議的有落差，實際到手的只有六、七折，還有自救會成員被排除在外，因此在2017年對勞動部提出行政訴訟，但19號台北高等行政法院判自救會敗訴。

國道收費員自救會會長 孫秀鑾表示：「大概核算下來是六、七折，然後甚至有人沒有，所以跟我們之前簽訂的協議金額，是不一樣的，所以迫使我們，而且還把一些人排除在外，所以迫使我們，必須要保障所有會員權益。」

60多位收費員天還沒亮，就從南部搭車北上、聽宣判，但結果令她們相當失望，有人返回遊覽車時，情緒激動對法院飆罵三字經。

國道收費員自救會顧問 陳秀蓮表示：「就是所謂國道關廠之後，大部分的收費員其實是要打零工，甚至有人做資源回收，所以這個判決結果對他們來說，是非常重要的。」

國道收費員抗爭的漫漫長路已經走了六年，回顧2013年12月底，高速公路國道收費站被ETC全面取代，947位收費員慘遭解僱，有些人決定組成自救會爭取權益，並在2016年初，取得總統蔡英文承諾，組成專案小組處理爭議，同年8月16號，行政院政務委員林萬億、勞動部前部長郭芳煜與自救會簽下協議，會提供轉置補償費和年資綜合補償，不過自救會發現，未出面抗爭的收費員也能獲得，加上補貼金額有落差，因此提出訴訟。法院則是認定，816的會商結論，就只是行政決定前的準備作業行為，而非行政契約。

勞動部勞動關係司長 王厚偉表示：「現在法院這樣的高院判決以後，我們會儘速撥後面的2.8億，換句話講 我們(總共)會撥5.4億，到5.5億左右出去。」

勞動部主張他們沒有跳票，補償都有依照當初的協商，現在判決出爐，會把剩下的兩億多元撥款撥足。自救會則強調，將提起上訴，總統選舉即將到來，他們也將重啟抗爭。